1. Chin-Chin Wang (Aletheia University, Taiwan) and Carl Cater (Aberystwyth University, UK):

"Tourism as a post-earthquake recovery tool"

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2. Xiaoyue, Zhang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong):

"Tourism and poverty: The poor from the rich"

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3. Gyanendra Yadav (Magadh University, India):

"Sustainable tourism and poverty elimination in developing Asian countries: A socio-economic analysis"

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4. Megumi Doshita (Kanazawa Seiryo University, Japan):

"The enhancement of rural environments for tourism development: An analysis of the nature of tourism resources with reference to rural tourism development in Japan"

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5. Pamela Ho (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong):

"Developing cultural events for tourism: The impacts on quality of life"